to be into the south—west is going to be subject to delays and cancellations today. there is one small bit of good news and that is that the branch line between liskeard and cornwall. it is open now. they are saying that this disruption will last all of the day. if you are expecting to travel on gwr or south—west railways it will be best to check before you travel. the line into the south is worst affected. g ra nt to affected. grant to skegness line there is flooding there between sleaford and heslington. they have had to put reduced speed limit there. there are

now going to be delays and cancellations on that line. the other problem is out of king's cross, because there has been a landslide in bedfordshire. that means that services out of london's king's cross that go through bedfordshire are subject to delays, and possible cancellations. that affects a large number of operators that use that line. lner, grand central, and thameslink services, and others, if you are planning to travel out of london kings cross and your service goes through bedfordshire it is best to check before you travel. i was just looking at the national rail inquiries website. there are lots of pages of all of these cancellations. also, the bbc live page up and running here, the team are collating

information from around the country, you can find the latest for your area on the bbc news website and app. if you have the app on your phone you will find that live page there, there is video from some of the worst flood affected areas as well as the latest information if you are thinking about to travel. some of the best resources you will find on the best resources you will find on the bbc news website. thank you. let us now take a look at gloucestershire once again, and how badly of the areas are there. quite troubling pictures when you look at what is happening to to peoples homes there. it is clearly above ankle height. we are hearing from our own weather forecasters that there may be some rain going forward but it will not be so heavy. very

concerning for people of course in those residential areas. and as we have just heard, just how badly the trains are disrupted, particularly in the south—west. let us now take a look at some of the other news of the day. reeva steenkamp�*s mother says she is serving a life sentence. oscar pistorius is champion.

oscar pistorius is champion. oscar pistorius, convicted murderer, today leaves prison on parole. he was once a paralympic and olympic superstar, nicknamed the blade runner. his victim was girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a law graduate and model. oscar pistorius murdered her on valentine's day 2013 by shooting four times through a locked toilet door at his home. his trial absorbed the world. pistorius claimed to have shot reeva by mistake, thinking an intruder was in the house. i got to the bed and then i realised reeva wasn't there. at first only found guilty of the equivalent of manslaughter, he was convicted on appeal in 2015 of murder, with judges saying his story was inconsistent and improbable. reeva's close friend says she's heard no evidence he's changed. i want to know, has he been given proper anger management therapy?

and in saying that, this rehabilitation, have they focused on all of that? because in my opinion, oscar walking around as a free man without the necessary training and treatments and psychiatric evaluations, he is deadly on the streets. in november, pistorius was granted parole with release set for today. for five years, he'll live under conditions and could be returned to prison if he breaches them. campaigners against male violence say his release sends a terrible signal. oscar's release is an indication that we have a serious problem, that there's, i guess, a normalisation of leniency when it comes to predators, when it comes to anyone who commits any type of femicide or gender—based violence. reeva steenkamp�*s mother says the void left by her murder can never be filled by anyone else. well, daniel explained the conditions to the release of mr pistorius. conditions will last

until his sentence expires in late 2029, so he's still got more than five years of conditional release. and if he breaches those conditions, he can be returned to prison. we know a little bit about some of the conditions. he's not going to be allowed to speak to the media, which is obviously significant given his fame. he's also going to be banned from drinking alcohol, taking drugs, and he's also going to have to attend mandatory classes on anger management and violence against women and girls. the fact he's going to have to attend those programmes is something that has reassured reeva steenkamp�*s mother, june, in a statement she issued this morning. so we don't actually know what he's going to be doing otherwise. we think he's gone to a family home which isn't far from here, it's about 25 minutes' drive away. but actually what his life will look like from now on, we really don't know. we are in speculation territory if we say we do. what reception can he expect from the south african public?

well, the case was a huge story here, as you know, and it was a huge story round the world. but particularly here, it was televised, all the evidence was followed very closely. so people here, if you talk to people, you talk to a group of people who are together, you'll find different views on the case still after all these years. the fact is, he is a convicted murderer, he was once a hero, but he is a convicted murderer. the court that convicted him, the supreme court of appeal here in south africa said his account, he had given this story about thinking an intruder was in the house, had been inconsistent and full of improbabilities. reeva steenkamp�*s motherjune has made it clear she is not convinced he is rehabilitated and she said previously that she would be concerned for the safety of any woman if his behaviour has not changed during his years in prison. you said he can't talk to the media as part of the conditions of release, but do you think we will see him at all?

well, we don't know. there were a lot of media here outside the prison this morning. we got here very early. there were some media here from last night, so for many hours. and this is the main entrance. he didn't visibly come out of this entrance, it doesn't mean he wasn't snuck out in a car, but he certainly was got out somehow of the prison, so the authorities have gone, i think, to some trouble to get him out without him being seen. apparently he does look a bit different, he's been in prison quite a few years, obviously, the picture that everyone remembers of him, he was a very fit, medal—winning athlete. so at some point he will be seen, but so far today that's not the case.

the editor of an english language news outlet about north korea gave a brief background explanation. the shells in this particular provocation landed in a buffer zone, which suggests there was a clear provocation, maybe not intended to start a war. north korea has long conducted provocations in the area around the northern limit line.

provocations conducted by north korea can be due to various factors. domestic politics. trying to send a warning to south koreans. probably various motives at play. it is important to note that they are in the midst of winter drills. while the us says north korea has significantly increased its support for russia's offensive in ukraine, supplying moscow with ballistic missiles and launchers. white house spokesperson said newly declassified intelligence shows russia forces fired one such missile at ukraine last week, and several more two days ago. coinciding with his comments north korea release new pictures showing the country's leader during a missile launcherfactory showing the country's leader during a missile launcher factory with his young daughter. the girl, reported to be about ten years old, made her first public appearance in november 2022, when she watched the long

range missile test launch with her father. the us spokesperson said washington would raise the issue at the security council of the un. russia has become increasingly isolated on the world stage, they have been forced to look to like—minded states for military equipment. one of those states is north korea. our north america correspondent told as what morejohn kirby had to see. in that press briefing he said that russia is violating the un resolutions because north korea is under un sanctions. he said that the us would raise this matter at the security council. he also laid out other measures that the us is going to pursue. he said that they would also impose sanctions against those

that are facilitating the transfer of these weapons from north korea to russia. he describes this as a significant and concerning escalation, notjust because of the weapons, types of weapons that north korea is supplying to russia, but also the fact that north korea will expect different types of weaponry and military equipment in return. that, for the us, also poses concerns about security in the indo—pacific area. at least three people have been killed after two commuter trains collided in java. almost thirty others were injured in the accident and rescue workers are trying to free two people trapped between carriages. pictures posted on social media show the mangled front of one engine wedged beneath the rear carriage of the second train. other carriages are lying on their sides. the three victims were

crew on the trains. a bbc investigation has found that some online pharmacies are selling prescription—only drugs without robust safety checks. bbcjournalists, posing as patients, were able to obtain more than 1,600 prescription—only pills from 20 online pharmacies without any kind of proof they were ill, as divya talwar reports. katie needed help. she'd become dependent on medications. and she's just such a bright, beautiful, bubbly person. christine and ken's daughter katie was 38 when she overdosed on prescription—only medication. she'd become dependent on anti—anxiety and opioid prescription medicines. she was able to buy medications online, lots of medications, medications that she knew

would do her harm. although her gp had stopped prescribing the medicines to her, katie was able to get them from legitimate online pharmacies instead. the coroner at her inquest said her doctor had never been contacted by the pharmacies to check the drugs were suitable. new gp or dr has your record, online pharmacies have no previous medical history, oranything. pharmacies have no previous medical history, or anything. you can tell them anything you like. the pharmacy regulator says online pharmacies must get all the information they need to make sure a medicine is safe. we wanted to find out what checks were in place, so we attempted to buy three prescription—only drugs online — a painkiller, an anxiety drug and a sleeping medication. we've been able to buy more than 1,600 tablets of prescription—only medication.

we have got more of the reported lethal dose of one of the medications here. and we've been able to get all of this without showing a single prescription. of the 35 we approached, 13 online pharmacies refused to sell to us without permission to consult our gp, access to some medical records or proof of a valid prescription. but at 20 pharmacies we were able to put in false information to answers to online questionnaires to buy one or more of the drugs, and didn't need to provide any further evidence, either to prove medical history or the drugs were suitable. what made you try to get this medication? i what made you try to get this medication?— what made you try to get this medication? . , ., medication? i was getting married, felt under pressure _ medication? i was getting married, felt under pressure to _ medication? i was getting married, felt under pressure to drop - medication? i was getting married, felt under pressure to drop a - medication? i was getting married, felt under pressure to drop a dress| felt under pressure to drop a dress size. i ordered prescription online.

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